On 04/05/2016 08:25 AM, Lamar Owen wrote:
Thanks for the explanation; this matches what I had kindof figured (but I had hoped I was mistaken).
Yes, I have the inclination and I have some time to work on this; what sort of tools will I need? I have the UART cable for serial console, and I'm currently using only MicroSD to boot.
I haven't tried, so I'm honestly not sure. You might be able to take the disk-image we put out for developers and copy its contents over the ubuntu image (you'd want to maintain the ubuntu contents of /lib/firmware and /lib/modules as well as the other kernel bits).
I will say that while my employer is willing to pay me to get the little box running for the RFI sniffer (GNUradio required), and while I would vastly prefer C7 on it, C7 isn't a hard requirement for the sniffer project. It would make it easier for me, and I am the one in charge of the project here, since I can then do any dev work on my laptop and just build on the C2. With using Ubuntu it is a bit more difficult for me. I would think that this would be a desireable board to support, though, but I of course reserve the right to be wrong....
If you can get it working, that would be fantastic. Ubuntu seems happy to do lots of one-off support like this, where I just don't have the cycles or patience. I personally don't think their model is sustainable or proper long-term, but opinions and whatnot.